Mark Twain Museum planning centennial celebration
Cindy Lovell, executive director of the Mark Twain Museum, holds an acknowledgement cirtificate from the State of Missouri. The Mark Twain Museum will celebrate it's 100th Anniversary in May. Dominic Genetti/Courier-Post Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:03:32 -0800

Walter P. Chrysler Museum Launches New Web Site
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The nonprofit Walter P. Chrysler Museum, in Auburn Hills, Mich., has launched a bold, new Web site at www.wpchryslermuseum.org . The site features significantly ... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:30:00 -0800

NYC Met Museum plans plaza, fountain renovation
New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced plans to redesign its Fifth Avenue plaza. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:56:11 -0800

David Koch Pledges $60 Million to Upgrade Met Museum’s Plaza
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art announced plans for a redesign of the plaza outside of its Fifth Avenue facade, financed with a $60 million gift from David Koch, a museum trustee. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:25:44 -0800

David Koch Pledges $60 Million to Upgrade Met Museum’s Plaza in New York
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art announced plans for a redesign of the plaza outside of its Fifth Avenue facade, financed with a $60 million gift from David Koch, a museum trustee. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:44:02 -0800

OLIN Designs Metropolitan Museum a New Fifth Avenue Plaza
The Fifth Avenue plaza in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is to get a makeover, its first since 1968. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:26:38 -0800

Houston Museum Chooses Architect for Expansion Plan
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston is planning a new building on a two-acre site. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:26:10 -0800

Wedgwood Museum closure condemned by Unesco
Museum listed as one of UK's top 20 cultural assets due to be sold off to pay £134m pension deficit after high court ruling The head of a Unesco committee that shortlisted a British museum as one of the UK's top 20 cultural assets has condemned a high court judgment that is forcing it to close. The Wedgwood Museum in Stoke-on-Trent is to be broken up and sold to pay off a £134m pension deficit ... Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:21:45 -0800

Museum to talk in visitors' language
Sources said minimum 25 audio devices would be available at the counter of the museum, which would be available to the visitors at a pre-determined rate. The audio feed will include sound effects, music and commentary in MP3 format. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:00 -0800

St. Louis tries new approach in museum expansion
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - The St. Louis Art Museum is rearranging galleries by theme rather than time period, seeking to make them more accessible to visitors as part of a $162 million expansion. Galleries that once covered the 18th Century, for example, now focus on "The Modern Body" with nudes from different eras, or "The American Scene." It's an approach already in use at the Detroit Institute of ... Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:50:43 -0800